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WEMI 91.9FM & WEMY 91.5FM Radio's Campaign dates for 2011 will be March 1 - 27 Anyone interested in participating as a collection site in 2011 please contact Heidi Prahl at WEMI & WEMY Radio - 800-236-9364 The following is the News Release from the 2010 campaign . . . Help for the Homeless Donations Top $200,000! 43 Local Crisis & Homeless Agencies Receive Help from Their Communities WEMI & WEMY Christian Family Radio are pleased to announce that more than $200,000 worth of personal hygiene items and cleaning products have been collected and donated to 43 local crisis and homeless agencies through our18th annual Help for the Homeless Campaign, February 21 – March 21, 2010.   Help for the Homeless works directly with the homeless coalitions in the Fox Cities, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, and Manitowoc to stock the shelves of local homeless and crisis programs with new toiletry and cleaning products so they can dedicate their limited financial resources to providing qualified personnel, safe housing, nutritious food, education, and counseling to those they serve.  More than 460 generous area businesses, schools, and churches rallied behind the project by placing collection boxes where their members, staff and students would see them, and encouraged them to donate. “I watched one of the residents open up the boxes to put things away and he was like a kid in a candy store. The excitement he showed for the simplest of items like laundry soap and shaving cream almost made me cry. The things that we all take for granted are at a premium in homeless shelters. Thank you for putting a smile on so many faces!”    - Peggy Wilms, Volunteer at Father Carr’s Place 2B in Oshkosh WEMI & WEMY Christian Family Radio wishes to thank all participating collection sites as well as the hundreds of volunteers and area businesses who donated their time, their trucks, their staff, their loading docks, their printing presses, and their sanctuaries and gymnasiums – all of the campaign needs were met with breathtaking generosity.  Thank you Northeast Wisconsin! Needs Lists, Printable Fliers, Blurb for Newsletters Photos from 2010 Photos from 2009 Thanks again to our 2010 Sponsors: Festival Foods, Affinity Medical Group, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and WFRV TV 5. "We were overwhelmed at the generosity of the community. The really cool thing is that the volume of this donation helps us with administrative costs. It saves us many hours of asking and coordinating other organizations, schools, etc. to do a drive for us. That way the hours can be spent on larger projects. Most importantly, it allows us to spend more money on direct financial assistance for those in need with basics such as housing, utilities and transportation." Julie Coenen, Leaven Collection sites in 2010 were: Festival Foods Stores (in Appleton, Darboy, De Pere, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Manitowoc, and Oshkosh) WEMI & WEMY studios participating businesses, schools, churches and organizations Here is the complete list of the 2010 sites. (PDF) Thanks also to Georgia Pacific Corrugated Division, Green Bay Packaging, and Menasha Corporation for their donation of collection boxes!   Thanks to Impact Printing of Appleton/Neenah for donating printed materials. Thanks to Kiwanis Clubs in Green Bay, Fox Cities, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac and Manitowoc for delivering hundreds of our collection boxes! Here is a map to Christian Family Radio in PDF format. Businesses, Schools, Churches and Community Organizations are invited to participate! For a PDF listing of the 2010 recipient agencies/organizations, click here. For more information, call 749-9364 (Fox Cities), 499-9957 (Green Bay) or 800-236-9364. If you would like a full-color poster or the following list to print out, see our Info Kit Page. Here are the requested items for donation; remember, please, new, unopened items. Cleaning Supplies Paper Products Baby Care Laundry Soap Dish Soap Garbage Bags Floor Cleaner Bleach Cleansers Sponges Disinfectant Cleaner Toilet Bowl Cleaner Dryer Sheets Dishwashing Gloves Toilet Tissue Facial Tissue Paper Towels Feminine Care      Pads      Tampons Diapers Wipes Baby Bottles Sip Cups Baby Lotion Baby Shampoo Rash Ointment Hair Care Personal Care First Aid Shampoo Conditioner Hair Brushes Combs Clips & Elastics Styling Products - for all hair types Little Girl Items Soft Soap Bar Soap Deodorant Razors Shaving Cream Nail Clippers Cotton Balls Q-tips Moisturizer/Lotions Contact Solution Lip Balm Children’s Pain Meds Pedialyte Band Aids Rubbing Alcohol Hydrogen Peroxide Anti-Diarrhea Meds Antacids Antibiotic Ointment Cold Meds Liquid Benadryl Sun Screen Treatment for Head Lice Dental Care     Toothbrushes Toothpaste Mouthwash Dental Floss Denture Care     Here are the shelters and agencies being assisted this year. Here is a PDF listing Fox Cities : ADVOCAP, B.A.B.E.S. of Appleton, B.A.B.E.S. of New London, Cerebral Palsy of Mideast Wisconsin, COTS Transitional Shelters for Men and Women, Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley, Evangel Worship Center Pantry, Fox Cities Community Health Clinic, Harbor House, Housing Partnership of the Fox Cities, LEAVEN, Mother & Unborn Baby Care, Salvation Army, Dept Human Services - Winnebago Cty - Neenah Office MANITOWOC: Domestic Violence Center, Lakeshore CAP, LIHN (Lakeshore Interfaith Hospitality Network), Project Youth, Salvation Army, St. Vincent de Paul Manitowoc OSHKOSH: ADVOCAP, American Red Cross, Christine Ann Domestic Abuse Services, Father Carr's Place 2B, Oshkosh Area Community Pantry, Salvation Army, W2 Food Stamp Employment & Training Program GREEN BAY: Freedom House, Golden House, House of Hope, New Community Shelter, St John's Homeless Shelter, St Vincent De Paul HOmes Family Services Transitional Living Program, Forward Service Corporation Supportive Housing Program, Salvation Army Transitional Living Program FOND DU LAC:  Beacon House, Freedom House, New Beginnings, Safe Haven, Salvation Army, Solutions Center, ADVOCAP Thank you for your Help for the Homeless!